Movies about Writers
by Heresbecca | created - 20 Aug 2015 | updated - 9 months ago | PublicMovies that are about or include published authors, novelists, writers, screenwriters, television writers, magazine writers, wanna-be writers, playwrights, poets, romance writers, travel writers, writing teachers, fanfic writers, bloggers, things about writing...
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101. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah
Votes: 236,513 | Gross: $40.14M
102. Swimming Pool (2003)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Charles Dance, Ludivine Sagnier, Jean-Marie Lamour
Votes: 48,358 | Gross: $10.11M
103. Sylvia (2003)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Story of the relationship between poets Edward James "Ted" Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Director: Christine Jeffs | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport, David Birkin
Votes: 11,265 | Gross: $1.30M
104. This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman who dreams of becoming a children's book author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower.
Director: Simon Aboud | Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 13,232 | Gross: $0.04M
105. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey
Votes: 40,692 | Gross: $57.92M
106. Total Eclipse (1995)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc
Votes: 16,786 | Gross: $0.34M
107. Trumbo (2015)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.
Votes: 84,798 | Gross: $7.86M
108. Tumbledown (2015)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.
Director: Sean Mewshaw | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Jason Sudeikis, Blythe Danner, Joe Manganiello
Votes: 8,062 | Gross: $0.14M
109. To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters (2016 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the Brontë sisters' battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language.
Director: Sally Wainwright | Stars: Finn Atkins, Charlie Murphy, Chloe Pirrie, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 3,095
110. We Love You, Sally Carmichael! (2017)
PG | 84 min | Comedy
Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Gorham | Stars: Felicia Day, Elizabeth Tulloch, Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall
Votes: 704 | Gross: $0.11M
111. Welcome to Happiness (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
There's a magical door in Woody's closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. When he finds out where it goes, his life will be changed forever.
Director: Oliver Thompson | Stars: Kyle Gallner, Olivia Thirlby, Nick Offerman, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 1,101
112. Wilde (1997)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 18,129 | Gross: $2.16M
113. Winter Passing (2005)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An editor offers actress/bartender Reese $100,000 for her late mom's letters from her novelist dad. She heads home from NYC to get them and finds her dad living in the garage while two strangers live in the house.
Director: Adam Rapp | Stars: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Darrell Larson
Votes: 8,902 | Gross: $0.10M
114. Wonder Boys (2000)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr.
Votes: 66,615 | Gross: $19.39M
115. The Words (2012)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
Directors: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 81,461 | Gross: $11.49M
116. Words and Pictures (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison, Amy Brenneman
Votes: 11,416 | Gross: $2.17M
117. The World According to Garp (1982)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Votes: 29,085 | Gross: $29.71M
118. Young Adult (2011)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 87,949 | Gross: $16.31M
119. A Short History of Decay (2014)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy from an original script by Michael Maren, about a failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, played by Bryan Greenberg, who visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother (Lavin) has... See full summary »
Director: Michael Maren | Stars: Emmanuelle Chriqui, Bryan Greenberg, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Harris Yulin
Votes: 619
120. The Mistletoe Inn (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aspiring novelist signs up for a week-long writing workshop at the Mistletoe Inn.
Director: Alex Wright | Stars: Alicia Witt, David Alpay, Lucie Guest, Casey Manderson
Votes: 2,000
121. My Salinger Year (2020)
R | 101 min | Drama
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake
Votes: 6,823
122. Book of Love (2022)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
A British writer realizes that his novel is a success in Mexico because a peculiar translation of it.
Director: Analeine Cal y Mayor | Stars: Sam Claflin, Remmie Milner, Antonia Clarke, Lucy Punch
Votes: 3,859
123. The Tender Bar (2021)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama
A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe
Votes: 33,852
124. Sublet (2020)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
Director: Eytan Fox | Stars: John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim, Lihi Kornowski, Miki Kam
Votes: 2,971
125. The Right One (I) (2021)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Sara, a novelist struggling with writer's block, needs inspiration - and finds it when she meets Godfrey, a down-on-his-luck oddball who constantly changes personas and alter egos in order to cope with his past and avoid reality.
Director: Ken Mok | Stars: Cleopatra Coleman, Nick Thune, Iliza Shlesinger, David Koechner
Votes: 644
126. Blithe Spirit (2020)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer's block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife, which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Michele Dotrice
Votes: 8,565
127. The Lost City (2022)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure.
Directors: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Votes: 158,916 | Gross: $105.34M
128. This Side Up (2021)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling screenwriter is dumped by his high school sweetheart. Having no sense of direction in his life, he moves into a public storage unit, where he figures out life in a funny way.
Director: David Lanning | Stars: Theodore Newton, Shélah Larson, Olivia Whelan-O'Farrell, Auguste DeRose-Jones
Votes: 21
129. Best Sellers (2021)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.
Director: Lina Roessler | Stars: Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong
Votes: 6,445
130. A Mouthful of Air (2021)
R | 105 min | Drama
Julie Davis writes bestselling children's books about unlocking your fears, but has yet to unlock her own. When her daughter is born, that trauma is brought to the fore, and with it, a crushing battle to survive.
Director: Amy Koppelman | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Katz, Christian Kutz, Finn Wittrock
Votes: 2,837
131. Let Them All Talk (2020)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Dianne Wiest, Christopher Fitzgerald
Votes: 12,974
132. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2022)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A.J. Fikry's wife has died, his bookstore is in trouble, and now his prized rare edition of Poe poems has been stolen. However, when a mysterious package appears, its arrival gives him the chance to start his life over and see things anew.
Director: Hans Canosa | Stars: Christina Hendricks, Lucy Hale, Kunal Nayyar, Scott Foley
Votes: 2,445
133. Book of Love (2022)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
A British writer realizes that his novel is a success in Mexico because a peculiar translation of it.
Director: Analeine Cal y Mayor | Stars: Sam Claflin, Remmie Milner, Antonia Clarke, Lucy Punch
Votes: 3,859
134. A Little White Lie (2023)
R | 101 min | Comedy
When a handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer, he's brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote address to save the school's literary festival.
Director: Michael Maren | Stars: Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson, Don Johnson, Peyton List
Votes: 2,083
135. You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, David Cross, Tobias Menzies, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Votes: 12,355
136. Wait with Me (2023)
Romance
Kate Smith is struggling with writer's block and decides to sneak into a Tire Depot waiting room to test her new book idea.
Director: Colleen Davie Janes | Stars: Madison Lawlor, Andrew Biernat, Jordan Blair Mangold Brown, Caleb J. Spivak
Votes: 724
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